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Robert Lopez

73 years old · died July 21, 2020 · Saint Clair Correctional Facility, St. Clair County, Alabama

Robert Lopez was 73 years old and held at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama. He had tested negative for COVID-19 on June 11, 2020, but a test taken at the time of his death on July 21 came back positive. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported his death as related to COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections attributed the death to COVID-19.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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